Super Mothership
Solar System, Earth Defense Force Headquarters.
The three supreme commanders removed their virtual helmets, still looking somewhat stunned.
Won? They actually won?
“Did you understand what happened?” Yuri’s forehead was furrowed deeply.
The other two shook their heads blankly.
“It seems… some kind of ceasefire agreement was reached?” Old Hu thought about what had happened and couldn’t help but speculate.
“Hmm! That’s the only explanation. Looks like Captain Ghost has established some level of diplomatic relations with Gemini—at least they can communicate with each other.”
“It seems Captain Ghost was well-prepared for this battle and didn’t act recklessly…”
The three exchanged glances, all with thoughtful looks in their eyes.
They were all experienced generals, and they keenly sensed some potential strategic intent behind Captain Ghost’s actions.
“War is an act of violence to compel our enemy to do our will!” Yuri suddenly smiled and quoted Clausewitz’s famous words on war.
“A great commander is not the one who knows how to start a war, but the one who knows how to end it!” Schneider followed.
“If you seek peace through struggle, peace will last; if you seek peace through compromise, peace will perish!” Old Hu added slowly.
They looked at each other and burst into hearty laughter.
“Hahahaha…”
Solar System, Virtual World ‘Earth.’
Captain Ghost led his army on an expedition to the Proxima system, fought a great battle against Gemini, and emerged victorious!
This news spread like wildfire through the virtual network within just ten minutes, setting the entire world ablaze with excitement.
Everywhere in the virtual world, people were setting off virtual fireworks. People rode all sorts of bizarre flying shuttles, hung colorful banners and streamers, and celebrated the new victory in every imaginable way!
This was the virtual world called ‘Earth’—humanity’s second world.
Just two months ago, it was only a single virtual city, but now the second world of humanity had expanded beyond the horizon.
All kinds of buildings were neatly organized into districts, blending diverse cultural styles. After meticulous planning and design by the world’s top planners, it looked like a work of art—an intricate floral arrangement.
A world that mixed the aesthetics of a modern metropolis with the flair of magical fantasy—it resembled the legendary paradise.
Every building represented an individual, a company, or a corporation that had settled in the virtual world. Each one contained its own unique space, like an independent magical dimension.
Perhaps an unremarkable thatched hut would open into a bustling Champs-Élysées.
Could you imagine that inside a penguin-shaped building covering less than 500 square meters, tens of thousands of employees were busy working?
Countless lines of code formed the foundation of all things; the laws of this world could be written at will by its designers… This was another world with entirely different rules!
After a period of promotion and development, the virtual world’s participation rate had reached 90%. In other words, 9 out of 10 Earthlings had already entered this virtual world.
This meant that now, as long as an area on Earth was covered by the network, full virtual connectivity had basically been achieved!
Even some stubborn conservative forces had no choice but to accept the established reality of world transformation under the overwhelming tide of technological advancement.
Countless people were working and entertaining themselves in the virtual world. Communication between individuals had broken through geographical restrictions, and global integration had reached an unprecedented level.
Here, you could step outside and turn a corner to walk with family members thousands of miles away in a park, chat freely in a café, and in an instant, personally attend a large-scale international conference to get the latest cutting-edge information from around the world.
The greatest contribution of the virtual world to humanity was shortening the distance between consciousness and consciousness—making human communication efficient and ensuring the unobstructed transmission of information!
History tells us that the speed of information dissemination determines the speed of technological and social development!
From the ancient practice of knotting ropes for record-keeping, to the invention of language, the emergence of writing, and later, the invention of printing, which greatly accelerated the spread of information and created a brilliant and splendid ancient civilization.
Later came the telegraph, the telephone, and the internet in modern times—information transmission speed increased geometrically, and human society entered the fastest development phase in history.
Not long ago, the United Nations announced that Earth was about to enter a new stage of development after agricultural and industrial civilization—the era of Information Civilization!
In the age of the internet, the seeds of information civilization had already sprouted. Now, with the emergence of virtual worlds and artificial intelligence, Earth’s civilization had been fully propelled into a new era of development.
In terms of information transmission efficiency, Earth, with its virtual reality technology, had, in a sense, already begun to surpass the long-established interstellar civilization of Gemini.
A single message of victory—in 490 BC, the Greek soldier Pheidippides spent more than three hours running 42 kilometers to reach the central square of Athens and deliver the historic word: “Victory.”
But today, news of victory in the battle against an alien civilization spread across the world at the speed of light!
Inside the Immortal stronghold.
Countless Karans raised their arms and cheered; some were so overwhelmed that they fell to their knees in tears.
They had won! They had actually won!
The shadow of death that had hung over them since their planet’s fall was gradually fading away as Gemini’s fleets withdrew into the distance…
From this moment on, they were free from the miserable fate of annihilation or enslavement and had ushered in a new dawn of life!
In a treehouse high above, Rose stared blankly at the cheering ocean of people below, as if all the surrounding sounds were slowly receding…
Chaotic thoughts surged in her mind one after another: the gentle gaze of her father before his departure, the long, endless nights spent sitting silently in darkness, shrouded in despair and fear.
A trace of bitterness touched her lips, and before she knew it, her cheeks were wet.
She hugged her knees and buried her face in her arms, her body trembling slightly.
The pain of losing loved ones, the grief of losing her homeland—Rose had carried the survival of the entire Karan civilization on her young shoulders. Even when her heart was filled with fear, a queen could not shed tears!
But today, all that pent-up anguish finally burst forth. At the moment her defenses collapsed, Rose finally seemed like a true young girl again, revealing a soft and vulnerable side.
After a long while, the sound of sobbing gradually faded. After a bit more time, Rose realized that her current state might be somewhat improper. Like a frightened little rabbit, she cautiously lifted her face and glanced around…
Thank goodness! The guards should all be some distance away.
She hurriedly wiped away her tears and quickly tidied up her appearance.
“Ahem!”
Here’s the English translation of your text:
The sudden cough startled Rose so much that she jumped up like a cat with its fur standing on end.
“Who’s there! Come out!” Her Majesty the Queen drew her sword and shouted angrily, her small face flushed crimson—clearly flustered and exasperated.
“Uh…” That certain presence froze, wondering if this counted as pointing at a monk while looking for a bald man.
The voice… seemed very close?
Rose paused for a moment, then the next second realization dawned on her. Her gaze shifted toward the silver magic sword in her hand, and her whole body stiffened in place, still holding her sword in a battle-ready stance.
The air suddenly froze…
Damn it! She cursed inwardly. She had gotten careless—completely forgot this guy was still here!
Rose felt a pang of regret. This magic sword was strange—most of the time, it behaved like a preset program with low intelligence, handling only basic functions like infinite coin exchange.
Only when she actively contacted it—or when it wanted to initiate contact—would it display a higher level of intelligence, becoming lively and cunning like a real person.
Because of this characteristic, Rose often forgot that this was also a kind of “living being.” That was why, in her emotional breakdown, she had let her guard down so completely.
Her weak side had been seen by it!
Showing weakness! For the leader of a civilization, this was an enormous political mistake that should never happen!
Would the other party lose confidence in their collaborator? Would it lower its evaluation of the Karan civilization? Would it adjust its cooperation stance because of this?
Rose looked at the longsword in her hand and seriously considered a certain possibility.
For the dignity of the royal family… should she kill the sword to silence it?
“So it was you. Sorry, I overreacted a little.”
Forcing down her regret, she tried her best to appear calm despite the awkward atmosphere, sheathing the sword—though her hand trembled slightly.
“Clang!” The blade hit the scabbard and missed the opening entirely…
Rose: “…”
Magic Sword: “…”
The atmosphere became even more awkward…
TL Note- Information Civilization....
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